{"nrhp_refnum":"99001625","name":"Combs-Worley Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 W. Kingsmille","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pampa","county":"Gray County","state":"TX","lat":35.536597132000054,"lon":-100.96314617299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story reinforced concrete Art Deco office building at 120 W. Kingsmill in downtown Pampa, Gray County, Texas, completed in 1931 and designed by W.R. Kaufman & Son.","why_significant":"The building is Pampa's largest and finest example of Art Deco, designed by Amarillo architect William Raymond Kaufman. It is also the largest downtown commercial project of the city's oil boom era, and served as a hub of the local oil and gas industry. It retains a high degree of integrity inside and out.","narrative":"Rising five stories at the corner of Kingsmill and Ault streets in downtown Pampa, this 1931 office building is the city's largest and finest example of Art Deco design. Ranchers Albert Combs and Phoebe Worley, whose land lay atop rich oil pools, hired Amarillo architect William R. Kaufman and Son to design it, with the C.L. Boyington Company of Pampa as contractor. The reinforced concrete structure is faced in medium brown brick and cream-colored terra cotta, with geometric ornament, metal casement windows and entries marked with the owners' cattle brands. Inside, terrazzo floors, gray marble wainscoting and Art Deco light fixtures survive largely intact. When it opened, six businesses occupied the ground floor, and the upper floors housed oil and gas executives, attorneys and an insurance agency. The building is recognized for its architecture and as a lasting symbol of the oil boom that transformed Pampa beginning in the late 1920s. Exterior changes are limited to covered transoms and replacement entry doors.","period_of_significance":"1931-1949","architect_builder":"W.R. Kaufman & Son; C.L. Boyington","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and still in use as an office building, with a bank moving into the southwest first-floor wing at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.470485-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/9721/40972155/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001625.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001625/f3fcc7e6c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001625/f3fcc7e6c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jeffrey Beall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Combs-Worley_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Beall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Combs-Worley_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972155","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320710"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/gray-county/combs-worley-building-99001625/"}